That’s exactly what happens when North Carolinians first lay eyes on Whitewater Falls near Cashiers – an 811-foot cascade ...

Whitewater Falls near Cashiers, North Carolina, fits that description perfectly – an 811-foot natural spectacle that’s been doing its thing since before humans invented the concept of spring break.

The combined drop of Upper and Lower Whitewater Falls (the latter extending into South Carolina) measures an astonishing 811 feet, dwarfing many more famous waterfalls. For comparison, Niagara Falls ...

Crabtree Falls holds the distinguished title of being the highest vertical-drop cascading waterfall east of the Mississippi ...

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This story is part of the National Geographic 33. The son of nomadic sheep farmers and a member of Turkey’s ethnic Kurdish minority, Hamdi Ulukaya was the first in his family to go to college ...

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Irish amateur rider Patrick Mullins has won the Grand National on 33/1 shot Nick Rockett - a horse trained by his father Willie Mullins. It was a 1-2-3 finish for Mullins Snr as he also trains I ...